In days, world leaders will decide whether to plug a gigantic $1
trillion per year corporate tax loophole - and get enough money to end
poverty, put every child in school and double green investment! A
deal is close, but US President Obama and Canadian PM Harper are being
lobbied and on the fence - let's press them to stand up to corruption
and end the massive yearly heist:

In days, governments will discuss whether to plug a gigantic $1
trillion per year corporate tax loophole - enough money to end poverty,
put every child in school, and double green investment! Most
governments want powerful multinationals to pay these taxes, but the US
and Canada are on the fence. To get a deal, we need them to feel the
pressure.

$1 trillion is more than every country combined spends on their military. It's bigger than the budgets of 176 nations. It's $1000 each for every family on the planet. And believe it or not, it's the amount that our largest corporations and wealthiest individuals evade each year in taxes.

This should be a no-brainer. To massively boost our public finances in a time of painful cuts and debt, all we need to do is ensure that everyone pays the taxes they're supposed to.
But big US corporations are fiercely lobbying to protect their dodgy
practices. A massive public campaign will help identify and hold
accountable the two leaders - President Obama and Prime Minister Harper,
who are considering siding with corruption over this gigantic step
forward for the planet. Let's get to one million voices and then Avaaz will deliver our call to leaders and the media in the middle of the negotiations:

Apple, one of the world's wealthiest companies, paid basically $0 in tax
on $78 billion they made in recent years by setting up shell
corporations in low-tax countries and posting profits abroad. This kind
of global tax evasion gives multinational firms a huge advantage over smaller domestic companies. It's as bad for a healthy market economy as it is for democracy and economic stability.

But in days, governments will consider a plan that would make it harder for companies and individuals to evade taxes by hiding their money offshore and in tax shelters.
The plan would require countries to share information to expose where
the money is hidden and require "fake" companies to reveal who's really
behind them. If talks go well this week, the G8 could agree to the
whole thing later this month.

In hard times, when governments everywhere are cutting spending on vital
social priorities, it's particularly galling that the wealthiest get a
free pass from paying their fair share. (Even more so when the hard times were caused by massive government handouts to bailout banks owned by the same people).
Governments are finally getting serious about plugging these holes in
our finances, but the US and Canada are falling sway to powerful
business lobbies.

A large public petition that's well covered by the media will help
highlight which countries are blocking the agreement, and make this a
political issue for Obama and Harper to deal with. A powerful call from
the world's people to choose to give a massive boost to our planet
instead of preserving corrupt loopholes will also help these leaders to
find their consciences and good sense. We can't let the lobbyists win
this one in the shadows, let's bring the spotlight of public attention
to this massive decision for our planet:

Those who would give up Essential Liberty to purchase a little Temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety.Benjamin FranklinOne has not only a legal, but a moral responsibility to obey just laws. Conversely, one has a moral responsibility to disobey unjust laws.Martin Luther King

"America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves."Abraham Lincoln

“If tyranny and oppression come to this land it will be in the guise of fighting a foreign enemy.”James Madison